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Quote by Eric Hoffer
It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts

It is by its promise of a sense of power that evil often attracts the weak. – Eric Hoffer

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We are least open to precise knowledge concerning the things we are most vehement about. – Eric Hoffer

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Knowledge
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Nonconformists travel as a rule in bunches. You rarely find a nonconformist who goes it alone. And woe to him inside a nonconformist clique who does not conform with nonconformity. – Eric Hoffer

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I believe in a higher power and I believe in good and bad, right and wrong. You sleep in the bed you make. – Leif Garrett

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Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. – Joan Didion

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